Translation contests (Japanese => English) for 2016

In addition to getting my feet wet with freelance translation via Gengo, I am also considering entering one or more translation contests in order to help gain experience, and (if things go well) win a prize or two.

I expected a quick google search to yield a bunch of contests, but I found that many of the contests that came up were from past years and weren’t likely to continue this year. So I decided to write up a list of contests which are available in 2016 and give a brief summary of each. The details I give for each contest may have changed between the time I wrote this and when you reading it, so make sure to verify on the respective site if you are interested. Also, if you know of any contests that I haven’t mentioned here, please let me know.

These contests are all specifically for translation from Japanese to English, except the last one which is from any source language. I focused mostly on Japanese so there are probably many other contests out there which apply to any source language.